News Flash: Cyclist helps motorist! :)

[gplama]

..while bystanders just..well...stand by...

Riding north up the trail from the Eastern freeway underpass onto Middlebrough Rd this morning I spotted a car stopped in the middle of the road (4 lane rd). A strange place to park I thought... Once I got closer it was obvious that the old lady had just 'broken down'. She had stepped out of the car and wasn't sure what to do. I rolled up next to her and offered to push her off the road and pointed toward the bus stop that would get her out of harms way. She accepted my offer. I scooted over to the footpath, dumped the bike, off'ed the roadie shoes and ran across the road in my socks... she jumped in the car.. but it now started! woot! No sock damage required. She was on her way!

Now, time to vent - This all took place 30m from a bus stop. Where there were no less than SIX able bodied people who could have assisted a lot faster and with less hassle than me on a bike and bike shoes. You lazy mo'fos. If you think the only contribution to society you are responsible for is the job you get paid for then stay the f'uck home for the day.

I quickly revoked my newly gained karma points by riding past the bus stop and spraying a polite serve to the people who sat on their ar'ses and watched the events unfold...

 

[Andres]

gplama wrote:

> scooted over to the footpath, dumped the bike, off'ed the roadie shoes
> and ran across the road in my socks... she jumped in the car.. but it
> now started! woot! No sock damage required. She was on her way!


hmmm .. pushing old ladies car in your socks. These new cross-training
methods are very innovative.

Did the old lady at least offer to motorpace you up the road ?

-Andres.

 

[hippy]

..while bystanders just..well...stand by...

<snip yin-yang events>

Welcome to the 3rd planet from the Sun, also know as 'Apathy World'. You reckon it's bad in Oz.. visit London! Even I've changed.. I can feel it.. it's not good but you do it to fit in I guess. :S

hippy

 

[Snuffy]

At least she accepted your offer to help...

Doing some Yarra Blvd laps a couple of weeks ago, I passed an Astra with a flat tyre and a distressed looking driver. I called out to the driver "Need a hand??", to which she replied "No, I'm fine". So I continue on my way. On the return trip, while I was cruising by, a bloke in a Falcadore rolls up and asks if she needs help and she accepts his offer.
>:-(

I suppose the sight of me in lycra put her off too much....

 

[cfsmtb]

..while bystanders just..well...stand by...

Huzzah!

Cats and dogs will walk side by side.

 

[OzCableguy]

"gplama" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I quickly revoked my newly gained karma points by riding past the bus
> stop and spraying a polite serve to the people who sat on their ar'ses
> and watched the events unfold...
>
>

I once helped a bogan on the side of the road with a busted commodore and a
flat mobile phone battery. He was also lost trying to get to a mate's place
and couldn't remember his mate's phone number so we ended up putting his sim
card in my phone so he could get his phone book up. The mate ended up living
barely one street away and showed up on foot about 3 minutes later.

--
www.ozcableguy.com
www.oztechnologies.com

 

[flyingdutch]

<snip yin-yang events>

Welcome to the 3rd planet from the Sun, also know as 'Apathy World'. You reckon it's bad in Oz.. visit London! Even I've changed.. I can feel it.. it's not good but you do it to fit in I guess. :S

hippy

Don't worry Hip!

UK's new working Viza rules (read it today...) will sort out 'gaddabouts' like you who don't earn Ullrich-esque wages

 

[Zebee Johnstone]

In aus.bicycle on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:41:27 GMT
OzCableguy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> I once helped a bogan on the side of the road with a busted commodore and a
> flat mobile phone battery. He was also lost trying to get to a mate's place
> and couldn't remember his mate's phone number so we ended up putting his sim
> card in my phone so he could get his phone book up. The mate ended up living
> barely one street away and showed up on foot about 3 minutes later.
>

Some years ago I was riding to Melbourne on the motorcycle and saw a car
stopped with a largish Islander type vainly trying to flag down someone
to help.

I stopped and asked what the problem was. Something to do with fanbelt
slipping and he needed a big shifter to fix it. Being your average
Guzzi rider (have toolboxes, will fill) I had a large shifter and some
other tools. In about 15 minutes we had the thing happy and going.

Turns out the man and his family had been there over an hour and not one
******* stopped till I did. what really made my day was that just as
I was putting helmet on to go, his wife came up and handed me an apple
in thanks.

Zebee

 

[roshea]

Some years ago I was riding to Melbourne on the motorcycle and saw a car
stopped with a largish Islander type vainly trying to flag down someone
to help.

I stopped and asked what the problem was. Something to do with fanbelt
slipping and he needed a big shifter to fix it. Being your average
Guzzi rider (have toolboxes, will fill) I had a large shifter and some
other tools. In about 15 minutes we had the thing happy and going.

Turns out the man and his family had been there over an hour and not one
******* stopped till I did. what really made my day was that just as
I was putting helmet on to go, his wife came up and handed me an apple
in thanks.

Zebee

An iMac?

 

[Darryl C]

In article <[email protected]>,
gplama <[email protected]> wrote:

> .while bystanders just..well...stand by...
>
> Riding north up the trail from the Eastern freeway underpass onto
> Middlebrough Rd this morning I spotted a car stopped in the middle of
> the road (4 lane rd). A strange place to park I thought... Once I
> got closer it was obvious that the old lady had just 'broken down'. She
> had stepped out of the car and wasn't sure what to do. I rolled up next
> to her and offered to push her off the road and pointed toward the bus
> stop that would get her out of harms way. She accepted my offer. I
> scooted over to the footpath, dumped the bike, off'ed the roadie shoes
> and ran across the road in my socks... she jumped in the car.. but it
> now started! woot! No sock damage required. She was on her way!
>

gplama,

This balances out my assistance to a cyclist with a broken bike last
month. Had been for a run in a suburb far away and was taking a cruise
in the car around Akuna Bay and West Head (that's Sydneyish for you
foreign folks) when I spied a bloke walking his bike along the road. He
said he didn't need help but I knew better. Forced him into the car and
drove him back to where his car was parked some kms away.

I figure I now have credits for when I come to grief (and it will
happen) whilst out on the treadly.

cheers,
Darryl

 

[DaveB]

Darryl C wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> gplama <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> .while bystanders just..well...stand by...
>>
>> Riding north up the trail from the Eastern freeway underpass onto
>> Middlebrough Rd this morning I spotted a car stopped in the middle of
>> the road (4 lane rd). A strange place to park I thought... Once I
>> got closer it was obvious that the old lady had just 'broken down'. She
>> had stepped out of the car and wasn't sure what to do. I rolled up next
>> to her and offered to push her off the road and pointed toward the bus
>> stop that would get her out of harms way. She accepted my offer. I
>> scooted over to the footpath, dumped the bike, off'ed the roadie shoes
>> and ran across the road in my socks... she jumped in the car.. but it
>> now started! woot! No sock damage required. She was on her way!
>>
>
> gplama,
>
> This balances out my assistance to a cyclist with a broken bike last
> month. Had been for a run in a suburb far away and was taking a cruise
> in the car around Akuna Bay and West Head (that's Sydneyish for you
> foreign folks) when I spied a bloke walking his bike along the road. He
> said he didn't need help but I knew better. Forced him into the car and
> drove him back to where his car was parked some kms away.
>
> I figure I now have credits for when I come to grief (and it will
> happen) whilst out on the treadly.
>
> cheers,
> Darryl

I had a karma payback within 5 seconds last week. Was searching at the
supermarket for Jamsetta (hmmmmmm homemade apricot jam) without luck.
Lady next to me was struggling to get something from top shelf so I
offered some help. As I reached up I found the Jam Setta hidden next to
whatever it was she needed.

Hello, my name is Earl.

DaveB

 

[rooman]

snip...gpls



This balances out my assistance to a cyclist with a broken bike last
month. Had been for a run in a suburb far away and was taking a cruise
in the car around Akuna Bay and West Head (that's Sydneyish for you
foreign folks) when I spied a bloke walking his bike along the road. He
said he didn't need help but I knew better. Forced him into the car and
drove him back to where his car was parked some kms away.

I figure I now have credits for when I come to grief (and it will
happen) whilst out on the treadly.

cheers,
Darryl

subtle, kidnapping

oooh its 0 for 39, 7 runs to win and go 5-zip...

 

[cfsmtb]

I had a karma payback within 5 seconds last week. Was searching at the
supermarket for Jamsetta (hmmmmmm homemade apricot jam) without luck.
Lady next to me was struggling to get something from top shelf so I
offered some help. As I reached up I found the Jam Setta hidden next to
whatever it was she needed.

Hello, my name is Earl.

Helped a mother, her child in pram catch a tram on Wednesday. The driver braked too far along the stop, so I stood in the open doors, beckoned to her, then loudly yelled WAIT to the driver when he attempted to shut the doors. He clearly wasn't obviously observing *where* to actually stop, or the needs of potential passengers. To round out the good deed, I then helped mum + pram alight onto the tram, seeing that noone else bothered to help. Types in the word bicycle to remain vaguely on topic.

 

[Stuart Lamble]

On 2007-01-05, cfsmtb <[email protected]> wrote:
> Helped a mother, her child in pram catch a tram on Wednesday. The
> driver braked too far along the stop, so I stood in the open doors,
> beckoned to her, then loudly yelled WAIT to the driver when he
> attempted to shut the doors. He clearly wasn't obviously observing
> *where* to actually stop, or the needs of potential passengers.

I know somebody who used to drive trams for a living; she now drives
trains (it's not a natural progression by any means - you can do one, or
the other, without having to do both. Anyway.)

She has made the comment that if you see a tram driver, who has been
doing it for several years, with a sense of humour and general decency
towards people, you are seeing a very rare individual: the job is very
dull, you see the worst side of car drivers, and there's generally no
appreciation. Small wonder that you get incidents like the one above.

And to remain on topic for the group: I have had four days of work
(including this one.) 75% cycling days - woo! (the one lapse was (a) a
recovery day, (b) a chance to see an osteo about some minor back
****les, and (c) a short-term aberration.

General aim is to average 80%, or higher, through the year, with the one
day a week being on PT, rather than in the car. (there are good reasons
why I want that, basically amounting to having activities close to work
in the evening one day a week that go to around 10pm.)

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the mail bounces, try changing the bit before the "@" to "usenet".

 

[Theo Bekkers]

Zebee Johnstone wrote:

> Some years ago I was riding to Melbourne on the motorcycle and saw a
> car stopped with a largish Islander type vainly trying to flag down
> someone to help.
>
> I stopped and asked what the problem was. Something to do with
> fanbelt slipping and he needed a big shifter to fix it. Being your
> average Guzzi rider (have toolboxes, will fill) I had a large shifter
> and some other tools. In about 15 minutes we had the thing happy and
> going.

I had an experience where I stopped and offered to help some-one who had
stalled at a traffic light and couldn't restart. Wouldn't turn over. He said
"How can some-one on a bicycle help me with a flat battery. Worst corroded
terminals I had seen for a long time. Got a 10 mm spanner from my toolkit,
took off the terminals, cleaned them with the bit of metal scourer from my
patch kit. It started immediately. Suggested he might consider an occasional
service and wished him a good day. Left him standing with his mouth open.

Theo